Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
September 18 - 22
Dear Parents,
Mid-quarter reports were sent home on Friday. Please make sure they are signed and returned by Tuesday the 20th. If you have any questions, please contact us.
We had an AWESOME time at Water Day! Make sure to check out our Facebook page for pictures of our day. Our next ticketed event will be October 12th - Tailgate. Students will need 20 tickets to participate in that event.
Every afternoon from 1:20 - 1:40 students have an extra recess. We will be using these 20 minutes to review skills not mastered with students (as needed). This time can also be used by students to work on homework. They can start their math homework and ask any questions they may have, or use the time to read their 20 minutes. Students are not required to stay in and work on homework, but the opportunity is there if they would like to take advantage of it.
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Connecting mini-lessons - Students will review and practice applying the different text connections they can make (Text-to-Self, Text-to-Text, Text-to-World, Text-to-Media) to the books they are reading.
- Genre Book Jackets - Students will be creating their very own genre book jackets. Each student will pull a genre from a cup and create a book jacket based on that style of writing.
- Prepositions and Conjunctions mini-lessons - Students will review what a preposition is, how to form and use prepositional phrases. Students will review what a conjunction is, use and analyze coordinating, correlative, and subordinating conjunctions within sentences.
- 5 A Day Language Review (week 5) - Language skills are covered in class Monday - Thursday, then quizzed on each Friday. Skills include figurative language, prefixes, suffixes, roots, synonyms, antonyms, verb tenses, analogies, multiple-meaning words, conjunctions, context clues, punctuation, and spelling. Students should be bringing home and reviewing their questions for the week on Thursdays.
- Reader Response Letter - Students will write a full page letter (summarizing, connecting, and thinking about) in response to their personal book choices they are reading. Students have a specific day to turn their letters in on.
- Read Aloud: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Unit 1: The Land & Early People - Chapter 2: Native Americans
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
- We will continue working on our multiplication skills (Unit 4). We will be working on shift patterns in multiplication, exponents, and patterns with 5 & 0s.
SCIENCE:
- This week we will studying and investigating physical and chemical changes.
HOMEWORK:
- Weekly Reading Log: 20 minutes of reading, 5 nights per week, passed out every Monday and due the following Monday. Please initial your child's log on the days he/she reads.
- Weekly Math Log: 1 round of Fact Fluency and at least 10 minutes of Math, 5 nights per week (please initial your child's log on the days he/she works on Moby Max), DUE on MONDAYS (this is averaged into your child's math grade). When your student has mastered his/her basic facts they will no longer be required to work on Fact Fluency.
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off.
UPCOMING TESTS:
FRIDAY 9/22: 5-A-Day Language Review Quiz (preparation for this will be done during class when we review our daily warmup questions).
FRIDAY 9/29: Social Studies: Native American Test
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Team Davis & Martin or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teamdavismartin/. We will upload photos from the week, as well as important information and reminders.
- If you are not a Facebook person, you can receive homework and test announcements from Remind. Follow this link to sign up for Mrs. Davis' homeroom and choose this link for Mrs. Martin's homeroom.
IMPORTANT DATES
Tues. September 19th: Girls' Club meeting
Thurs. September 21st: DREAM Team
Tues. September 26th: Polish with Purpose - Girls' Club
Thursday, September 28th: Book Worm Buddies meeting
Thurs. October 5th: Fall Pictures
Mon. October 9th - Fri. 13th: Spear-It Week
Wed. October 11th: End of 1st Quarter
Thurs. October 12th: Tailgate - Ticketed Event
Wed. October 18th: DREAM Team
Thurs. October 19th: Early Dismissal / Parent-Teacher Conferences (2-8 p.m.)
Fri. October 20th: NO SCHOOL - professional development